New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-03
THE REV. MR.. WARD ACCUSED.
his WIFE READY TO PRESS A CHARGE.

HIS WIFE READY TO PRESS CHARdE
sHE LEAVES TIE RECTORY-HER FRIENDS IhANA
THE SHOOTING DELIBERATE.
An entirely new face been put on Rector Nv
tempt TO kill his wife since Mrs Wards remoVai iro
Epglewood this city. Her relatives here now nas so
has got clear the rectory In safety have droppeu '
.oothne fiction that Mr. Ward did the shooting In
at OF emotional insanity. and declare that Tue
supposed mad freak was nothing put the oi'n"A
OF long series Of marital brutaities. Mrs Ward was
unwilling admit. when questioned direcuy Ai'oi no
shooting that there had been any dineuiues oet~ee
them since their marriage last August enc oio GIL quo
could soften the rectors offence. ana seemou W " ~
WINGED that he was insane.
Last satnr,av her oldest sister, Mrs E w. Hibbard OF
Chicago arrived at the rectory and took Mrs "ard III
charge She had not believed In tue INSANITY 49,
from the start, and being an energeuc qu''A N
woman she set to getting some more reasonape eAPan
,;on of the shooting had long talk with Mrs Waro
and contrived to from her full confession Oh her
husbands vagares and repeated acts OF iltreatment
Mrs Hibbard decided at once that Mrs. wara wouio
have 10 be moved away soon as possible ana
quietly gave orders to have the rectors wHes
trunks hacked for removal on Monday or Tuesday.
At the suggestion Of OF the physicians the two con-
sables who we're taking in guarding the house,
had been discharged from further duty. Mrs Hi0bard
sent for them again and insisted their staying IN the
house until she and her sister could 60 ohe
would have nothing to 90 WIN ner
hrot N
of his cousin Miss Hall. and professional nurse one
would not even allow Mrs Ward to communicate Win
him. and he knew nothing about the preparations TOT go
ing or even OF his wes departure until she ana MIS-
Hubbard were In New-York. Mrs Hbbard had MIS-
Wards and her trunks sent TO the Eagle
wood Station Tuesday afternoon ond eN-
pressed to New York. She and her sSter
who was now able out with her face wrapped IN
heavy bandages were dTyen to the fSpt LS %st sv
eneenist the family physician ofexJudge Vanuerpoei
their THE e apS parS then aRSsa %sS a. to "si. M
Vanderpoers house. No West sixteenth-st ....,.u
sds MRS nSa %s saS sG"sd .a%nd
time since the shooting and hi had S.r lost n Enes ns.
%ooS Of he 'n
her chee but the wound has healed well and there is
n'sns %rs Wards relatives decline give the dc;
tails her by ysver1,hnr Rsr husSnns eome
oSt oaw when Be tried for as
saul The Shooting @ % was only ho series q brutal
ties Of which no one but my ssterever knew Mr. Ward;
as think shot his wife wy He ,S has traeaoSt TREATED
and bitter and he shot her simply because
drinkns but he was not insane has been said that ne
subject fits Of All the sIay ,epe n"' He Hs
insane that night than he Tas a. any te %
Vessaon M ms s Of the in the courts SIT
whole to the bottom and he will not DC allowed 10
e'fpg EnJuase vanderpce was not at home when Mrs
Ward and Mrs Hibbard arrived at his house on ,nes
afiernoon He said las, night that Wards relatives
could not say much while the rector was sun IN
danger OF dying. II no recovered things would tahe
their natural legal course Neither he Mrs Wander
noel had ever heard anything about Mr. WARDS
inaltreatment OF his wife until within day or
two They had not even suspected una,
The recor drank nquor He had behaved
the case came into court strange facts would be
brought out He could not anything now more dell
mite than that . .,,.
At Engewood there plainly revulslon OF Ieenng
against the wounded rector No one conld deny tue
charges against him. though his old friends were
sorry to believe them. His cousin. MISS Hail.
who has the OF the rectory now. was asked yes
terday II she knew anything about the rector aiegeq
brutaiities 81 have nothing 10 ay, she replied
don't want TO hta arout them have enough other
things TO worry about don't read the papers ana doh
intend to them must decline to talk at all ABOUT
Rector Wards condition UNCHANGED ap-
parently Yesterday The bloodposoning mas
not set in, but there is no prospect on lne
other hand OF reaching the bullet Mr.. ward was
much excted when he heard OF his wes going 10 New
Work. III s brutal scheme OF relatives. he said
10 DR. Curre Why did you let them DO ~ You ougne
10 have prevented it. Very likely she won't see me again
"G Dr. Currie said yesterday that he was not at
liberty 10 talk about the case. Mrs "aru
had told him good many Things III
confidence. Mrs Hibbard was woman OF great peho-
traton and one could give great weight 10 ahytn,he
she said reported in Englewood yesteruY % unae
MT Ward had been accused OF Ill Treating his thlrd WIG
in Florida His brother who bad been reported insane
was opy an adopted brother. II was SAID Inc churen
vcstrv has engaged Mr. Boggs. OF NewforK Ior
the Lenten services An effort will be inade ny tno
yestry TO have Mr. Ward resign, If he recovers.